Calendar of Events

Steiner Reading Group

In Southern Oregon, contactTel 541-482-9362

Farm Workshop

July 24 & 25, 9 am Saturday to 4 pm Sunday, S&S Homestead Farm, Lopez Island, Washington. Presentations:

• Old and New Peasant Farming: economy of scope vs. economy of scale
• Goethean animal morphology
• Biological rhythms in the life of the farm
• Livestock: from bees to beeves
• Forage quality and the Pfeiffer BD Field Spray
• Biodynamic Nutrition

• Making the Koepf/Goldstein Compound Preparation
• Making the Oak Bark Preparation
• Stirring and Spraying Preparations
• Celebrating Farm-Produced Food (lunch and dinner)
• Artistic activity
• Farm Walk: How to Form a Healthy Farm Organism

Pre-Registration required. See website. Call weekdays 7-9 a.m. or 6-9 p.m, or leave message 360-468-3335 or E-mail.

Farm Tours

Sudays, Sept 5. Open farm tours of several farms in the Row River Valley (east of Cottage Grove). Includes draft horse demonstrations. Free and open to families. For information, contact Row River Valley Farms.

Summer Bee Camp

Aug. 1 - 6, Aug. 15 - 20, overflow class Aug. 22 - 27. Friendly Haven Rise Biodynamic Farm, 20309 NE 242nd Ave., Battleground, WA 98604. Might you like a break from the summer heat in August? You're invited to visit to our biodynamic farm in southwest Washington to attend a rousingly wonderful summer Bee Camp. Yes, summer camp for grownups. Lord knows we need it! We'll spend our days learning about honeybees including their spiritual partnership with us, and when it's really hot, we'll head out to the waterfall for a swim. There's info on the site about staying here at the farm for the week. Our food is nutritionally dense and spiritually inspired, much of it from our beloved animals and gardens. Expect a big amount of fun for all aspects of ourselves. Tuition $500. Day fees. For more information, contact Friendly Haven Rise Biodynamic Farm, 360-687-8384.

Quarterly Meetings

Future meetings
October 3: Fall mtg to prepare preps, Wintergreen Farm, Noti, OR
Jan 29-30, 2011 Winter mtg: study group LocationTBA

Summer Study Tour of Sustainable Agriculture and Slow Food in
Switzerland and Italy

August 5-26, 2010: Announcing a study tour that focuses for a week on biodynamic agriculture with Nicolai Fuchs AND COLLEAGUES at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, and a week studying Slow Food at the University of Gastronomic Sciences and the University of Florence in Italy. Henning Sehmsdorf (of S&S Homestead Farm on Lopez Island) is co-teaching the course with Professor Gigi Berardi (of WWU Huxley College of the Environment). The study includes a three day intensive on S&S Homestead Farm, including Goethean art and science with guest lecturers Janet and Barry Lia, and a closing seminar on Inspiration Farm in Whatcom County. Nicolai Fuchs, who will be the main instructor for the Dornach, Switzerland portion of the study tour, is the current leader of the Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum, at the center of the biodynamic movement. Contact Prof. Berardi for details. Feb 1 is the first deadline for registration. Space is limited.

National Conference

Sept 30 - Oct 3. Threefold Center, Chestnut Ridge, NY. Biodynamics and the Future of Agriculture: Growing the Food Revolution. Keynote Speakers Nicanor Perlas, Michael Schmidt, Fred Kirschenmann and Sister Miriam MacGillis. Cost: $165 for BDA member. For further infomration and registration, contact Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association.

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